German GCSE
Wechselpräpositionen
What Wechselpräpositionen means in German GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Wechselpräpositionen
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Dual-case prepositions that take the accusative when indicating movement towards a goal, and dative when indicating a static location.
Dual-case prepositions that take Accusative for movement (Wohin?) and Dative for location (Wo?).
Topics that use Wechselpräpositionen
- Grammar: Prepositions (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Vocabulary: Prepositions (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Accusative Case
- Dative Case
- Preposition
- Da-compound
- Definite Article
- Infinitive Clause
- Nominative Case
- Contraction
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